[Gatesedge] Re: Home

[Ed Shelton]

I'm glad you're doing better Eadric.  Hope to see you out and about soon.

Giotto


>From: Eadric Anstapa <eadric at scabrewer.com>
>Reply-To: graywood-l at TITAN.SFASU.EDU
>To: gatesedge at ansteorra.org, graywood-l at TITAN.SFASU.EDU
>Subject: Home
>Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:48:09 -0600
>
>OK, they only kept we in the hospital 3 days.  I am home now  and will try
>to catch up on emails tomorrow.
>
>Basically they did as expected and I went into surgery and they opened
>things up again, cleaned out a hematoma, and put in a drain tube connected
>to a device called a hemovac.  I have been kept on strong IV antibiotics
>since the procedure.  The drain was removed this morning and I am now much
>more comfortable without it.
>
>I stayed in the hospital a little longer than expected because I evidently
>had a pretty elevated white cell count.  The blood cultures all came back
>negative and my white count is now back to normal.  They seem to think that
>I just have a strong response to stress/surgery and the elevated white 
>count
>was a normal response of my body dealing with the surgery.
>
>All of this has set my full recovery back a week or two but I feel OK and 
>am
>glad to be back home.
>
>Thanks for the thoughts, emails, and phone calls and visits to the 
>hospital.
>
>Regards,
>
>HL Eadric Anstapa
>Ansteorra
>eadric at scabrewer.com
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